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Speaker 1: Now listen, great news for more Wana Pacifica because Ardie

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Speaker 1: Savia has confirmed today that he's moving to the club

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Speaker 1: from next year and he'll be there all the way

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Speaker 1: through to twenty twenty seven. He's going to be rejoining

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Speaker 1: his brother Julian, who signed with more Wana Pacifica late

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Speaker 1: last year. Sir Michael Jones is the chair of the

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Speaker 1: club and is with us. Now, hey Michael, is this

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Speaker 1: a game changer?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? For us it is, and I suppose for Pacific

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Speaker 2: rugby it's hugely significant. And yeah, I know we're very excited.

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Speaker 2: Thank you.

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Speaker 1: Is do you think that this is going to draw

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Speaker 1: other people over?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I suppose the Artie effect would be we have

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Speaker 2: you know, world rugby player of the Year last year

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Speaker 2: and still life captain and one of the highest profile

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Speaker 2: Pacific athletes in the world probably and obviously as a

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Speaker 2: as a rugby player. You know, his mother is huge,

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Speaker 2: so his influence on the game there's massive. So yeah,

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Speaker 2: we do think that it's going to have a positive

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Speaker 2: effect in terms of you know, just not not so

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Speaker 2: much opening up. You know, I've always said it's a

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Speaker 2: bit of a wave we're riding, and it's it's getting bigger,

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Speaker 2: but you know it will have a bit of a

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Speaker 2: tsunamis in many ways for us, and that would be

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Speaker 2: one way would hope to you know, see more players

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Speaker 2: be inspired, I suppose and motivated to consider this pathway.

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Speaker 1: Okay, now that you've got the number one signing you

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Speaker 1: can possibly get, which is obviously Adi, who's the next

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Speaker 1: one you want? Like if you could look around and

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Speaker 1: pick anybody else to join the club, who did they?

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Speaker 2: I suppose this would be an exceptional rather than the

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Speaker 2: norm that we get getting We'd always intended to try

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Speaker 2: and get one really high profile marquee player when we

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Speaker 2: started this journey four years ago and so you know,

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Speaker 2: we're obviously delighted. It's it's just so massive for us,

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Speaker 2: but you know, we do need to continue to attract

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Speaker 2: players who are going to pin their college to the

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Speaker 2: building person with rugby, the I suppose some or Antongu

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Speaker 2: and national teams is very important and that's a big

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Speaker 2: part of our life. So we will have you know,

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Speaker 2: one or two like this, but we're always going to

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Speaker 2: keep our places available primarily for those who are on

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Speaker 2: their pathway. But it will definitely attract more and there

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Speaker 2: could be one or two others sort of in a

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Speaker 2: similar vein of Pacifica descent. I suppose you are wanting

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Speaker 2: to do something similar as Ardie has to suppose on

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Speaker 2: as their heritage, and I suppose this is the bladders

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Speaker 2: thick of the water.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, well, good luck. I hope you get I hope

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Speaker 1: you get heaps more. Actually, after Ardie Salvia came over

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Speaker 1: that Sir Michael Jones one Pacifica chair. For more from

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